We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERFruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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